Don't Be Kind Rashly (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

Sometimes people make mistakes even when they clearly know better.

There was nothing more frustrating than getting a question wrong on a school exam—after grading it later—when you actually knew the answer. It was that common. Even the most brilliant knight could occasionally fail to think things through carefully, blinded by what was right in front of their eyes.

In truth, it was all so obvious when she thought about it. Lu had already heard the story before.

“The Sage of the Central Region is always the Perseita Emperor, by tradition.”

Roderick Callahan—a former knight of the Calleta Imperial Order and a disciple of the Western Sage, who loved scholarship more than the sword—had explained this to Lu long ago at the Mage Tower.

“It’s a lifelong honorary position.”

An honorary position—meaning it was granted purely as an honor. Even without any real authority, one simply held the title symbolically.

Hayden was the Sage of the Central Region precisely because he was the Emperor.

Then where on earth did that overwhelming power—surpassing all other Sages—come from? He was so overpowering that one could easily forget the Emperor’s role as Sage of the Central Region was merely honorary.

‘Ah, I’m such an idiot.’

Lu wanted to tap herself on the head for not seeing what had been hidden right before her eyes.

“So, since the Central Sage is purely honorary, it can be held concurrently with another position. If you’re already holding the title of Mage Tower Master, what’s stopping you from holding another?”

It was so blatantly obvious—just a slight shift in perspective would have revealed it immediately! How could she not have realized?

“I heard you weren’t from the main imperial line but a cadet branch. So even if Carlos Arthur Ingram hadn’t rebelled, you’d never have had any chance of becoming Emperor.”

The man—who had once been an ambitious boy dreaming of idly enjoying the title, lands, and wealth inherited through his cadet lineage—smiled gently.

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